30 October 2011

• Jarbom Gamlin : CM of Arunachal Pradesh
• Abdullah Hussain Haroon : Pakistan Ambassador to UN
• Pakistan acknowledges India's support for Pakistan's non-permanent membership in UN Security Council
• Sanjay Jagdale : Secretary of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)
• BCCI rejected revised draft of National Sports Development Bill
• Koichiro Gemba : External Affairs Minister of Japan
• SM Krishna : External Affairs Minister of India
• Visited Tokyo, had meeting with his counter-part
• Japan removed 7 Indian entities from its Foreign End User List, list of banned companies, expected to boost high-technology trade between the two countries
• Gen Kamlesh Sharma : Secretary General of Commonwealth
• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM), @ Perth, defers decision on setting a Human Rights Commissioner
• Michael D Higgins : newly elected President of Ireland
• RC Bhargava : Chairman of Maruti Suzuki
• Shinzo Nakanishi : MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki
• Chandra Shekhar Verma : Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
• SAIL in talks with West Bengal govt to set up new Railway Projects
• BCCI moved Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma from B-Grade to A-Grade
• Player graduation for 2011-12
• Grade-A : Rs.1 Cr
• Grade-B : Rs.50 lakh
• Grade-C : Rs.25 lakh
• World's biggest tea consumer : China
• India attempts to boost export of Indian tea to China

29 October 2011

• Hatf-7/Babur Cruise Missile : nuclear capable cruise missile of Pakistan
• range of 700km
• British Girls of Royal-birth to get equal rights of the British throne
• "Accidental Deaths & Suicides In India" : report by National Crime Records Bureau
• Farm suicides cross quarter million in last 16 years
• 15964 suicides in 2010
• 2/3rd of farm suicides occur in
• Maharashtra
• Karnataka
• Andhra Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh
• Chattisgarh
• Rising infant deaths in BC Roy's Children's Hospital, Kolkata - toll rises to 17
• World Stroke Day : Oct 29
• Spirit of Adventure : Luxury cruise liner berthed at Vizhinjam
• GAC Shipping India Pvt Ltd handles the cruise liner
• "Crime in India 2010" : report by National Crime Records Bureau
• Mumbai tops the list with 33932 registered IPC crimes
• Charge-sheeting of crimes high in Kerala
• 4 police districts in state register more than 1000 IPC crimes annually
• Kochi has highest crime rate among 35 mega-cities
• Miloslav Stasek : Czech Ambassador to India
• visited Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University for Arts & Culture
• to sign a deal to conduct cultural exchange programmes
• Union Ministry of Environment & Forests nod for doubling capacity of Petronet LNG Ltd terminal of Kochi from 2.5 to 5 MMTPA(million metric tonne per annum)
• Eric Holder Jr : US Attorney General
• Maria Damanaki : European Commissioner of Fisheries
• Suggested to distribute unwanted edible fishes to charities than throwing them away back into sea
• Sri Kumar Banerjee : Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
• SK Jain : Chairman of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)
• Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud : New Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
• NASA's $1.5b National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project
• First-of-its-kind weather satellite, will send data on weather & climate to help forecasters predict major storms & environmental changes
• took off on Delta-II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
• Rupee gains 74 paise : biggest jump in last 17 months
• Jaipal Reddy : Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas
• Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada : Minister of Industry & Energy, Qatar
• India seeks more crude oil & LNG from Qatar
• ABL Srivastava : CMD of NHPC Ltd
• net profit jumps 40% to Rs.966Cr in Q2
• K Subramanya : CEO of Tata-BP Solar
• Felipe Massa : Brazilian FormulaOne racer, of team Ferrari
• Bears the race no 58 for Airtel Indian GP, race no of late Marco Simoncelli who died in an accident in Malaysian GP
• World's biggest & heaviest gold coin displayed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth
• 1012kg, more than one tonne of 99.99% pure gold
• nearly 80cm in diameter & 12cm thick
• Value of the coin just under Australian $54m
• bouncing red kangaroo on one side & Queen Elizabeth-II's motif on another side
• Indian Cricketer Gautam Gambhir married Natasha Jain of Delhi
• Vivek B Gadgil : Chief Executive & MD of L&T Metro Rail
• Cristina Fernandez de' Kirchner : President of Argentina
• Muhtar A Kent : President & CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
• FOREX reserves rise by $858m to $318.35b
• Air China : successfully flied a Air China Boeing 747-400 passenger plane powered by bio-fuel & aviation kerosene
• Took off from Beijing Capital International Airport and landed after using 10 tonne of fuel

28 October 2011

• Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army
• Hamid Ansari : Vice-President of India
• Tony Abbott : Opposition Leader of Australia
• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) : @ Perth, Australia
• Crimes under various categories rise by 5% in 2010 : report by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
• Alexander Glukhov : head of Atomstroiexport. Russian company building nuclear reactors at Kudankulam
• Sushil Kumar : a govt clerk of Bihar
• 1st person to win Rs.5Cr, full prize money,  of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5
• Leaders of 17 Euro-Zone nations signed an agreement to resolve region's debt crisis & to protect vulnerable economies like Italy, Spain
• Wipe of 50% debts of Greece
• Recapitalise European banks
• Strengthen European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
• Rajat Gupta : Former chief of Goldman Sachs
• Charged with conspiracy & security fraud offences
• making him highest ranking official to be embroiled in Wall Street insider dealing inquiry 
• Forbes India annual rich list : Richest Indians in the world list
• 1 Mukesh Ambani : with $22.6b net worth
• 2 Lakshmi Mittal : $19.2b
• 3 Azim Premji : $13b
• 4 Shashi Ruia & Ravi Ruia : $10.2b
• 5 Savitri Jindal : $9.5b
• 6 Sunil Mittal : $8.8b
• 7 Gautam Adani : $8.2b
• 8 Kumar Mangalam Birla : $7.7b
• 9 Pallonji Mistry : $7.6b
• 10 Adi Godrej : $6.8b
• World Bank ink a $975m loan agreement with Ministry of Finance of India & Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) to finance 1130km out of 1839km of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, stretching from Ludhiana-Dankuni
• US Economy rises 2.5% in Q3
• "A Shot At History" : Book of Abhinav Bindra, Olympic champion of India
• written by sports journalist Rohit Brijnath
• published by Harper Collins
• Jihadis protest Pakistan's move on MFN (Most Favoured Nation) Status to India

26 October 2011

• RBI increases Repo (re-purchasing options)/Reverse Repo rates by 25 basis points
• Repo rate : 8.25 to 8.5
• Reverse Repo : 7.25 to 7.5
• Ghulam Mustafa Mughal : Chief Justice of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)
• He was shot, injured
• Rtd Jst MR Hariharan Nair Committee : Pulmedu disaster
• Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner : re-Elected as President of Argentina
• UN General Assembly passed a resolution titled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial & financial embargo imposed by the USA against Cuba" 
• tells US to lift its embargo on Cuba
• MM Pallam Raju : Minister of State for Defence
• INS Kadmatt : 2nd indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette launched @ Kolkata
• Built by Garden Reach Ship Builders Engineers Ltd
• 2nd in the series of 4 Corvettes
• INS Karmota : 1st in series
• Ashish Bagga : President of Indian Newspaper Society
• Diwali Bonanza to farmers : Minimum Support Price (MSP) up for Rabi crops
• JS Sharma : Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
• Arabinda Rajkhowa : Chairman of ULFA(United Liberation Front of Asom)
• RK Singh : Union Home Secretary
• Ranjan Mathai : Foreign Secretary
• Australia cancels 15,066 student visas for breaching visa conditions
• Under Tier-4 of points-based immigration system of UK, applicants of student visas are required to submit a financial statement that they have enough funds to pay for their course & live in UK
• UK banned nearly 1900 Indian banks for the purpose of verifying applicants' financial statement
• Yes Bank raised its savings rate by 200 basis points to 6% & bank rate by/minimum lending rate by 25 basis points to 10.5%
• "RBI rate hike will help curb inflation" : Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister
• Manufacturing sector to contribute 25% of GDP within a decade

Important Times of International Observance

Important Weeks

March 21-27	-	Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
May 25-31	-	Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self- Governing Territories
4th week of September	-	International Peace Week
October 4-10	-	World Space Week
October 24-30	-	Disarmament Week

Important Months

January	-	Alzheimer's Awareness Month
February	-	African American History Month
		Heart Month
March	-	Women's History Month
		Help Fight Liver Disease Month
		National Colo-rectal Cancer Awareness Month
		National Epilepsy Month
		National Kidney Month
		National Nutrition Month
		Red Cross Month
April	-	Earth Month
		Poetry Month
		Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness
		Dental Health Month
		Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
		National Cancer Month
		Parkinson Awareness Month
		National Physiotherapy Month
May	-	Mental Health Awareness Month
		Cystic Fibrosis Month
		Foot Health Awareness Month
		Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
		Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
		National Physiotherapy Month
		Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
		Medic Alert Month
		Hepatitis Awareness Month
		Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
June	-	ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
		National Athletic Therapy Month
		National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
		Relay for Life
		Seniors Month
		Stroke Awareness Month
		Black Music Month
		LGBT Pride Month
July	-	Caucasian History Month
		Hot Dog Month
September	-	National Arthritis Month
		Ovarian Cancer Month
October	-	Breast Cancer Awareness Month
		International Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month, by International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC)

Important Years

1959-60	-	World Refugee Year
1961	-	International Health and Medical Research Year
1965	-	International Cooperation Year
1967	-	International Tourist Year
1968	-	International Year for Human Rights
1969	-	International Year of Love
1970	-	International Education Year
1971	-	International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1974	-	World Population Year
1975	-	International Women's Year
1979	-	International Year of the Child
1981	-	International Year of Disabled Persons
1982	-	International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions against South Africa
1983	-	World Communications Year
1984	-	Year of Women in South Africa
1985	-	Year of the United Nations
1985	-	International Youth Year
1986	-	International Year of Peace
1987	-	International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1990	-	International Literacy Year
1992	-	International Space Year
1993	-	International Year of the World's Indigenous People
1994	-	International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
1994	-	International Year of the Family
1995	-	World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of Victims of the Second World War
1995	-	United Nations Year for Tolerance
1996	-	International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
1998	-	International Year of the Ocean
1999	-	International Year of Older Persons
2000	-	International Year of Thanksgiving
2000	-	International Year for the Culture of Peace
2000	-	World Mathematical Year
2001	-	International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2001	-	International Year of Volunteers
2001	-	United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
2002	-	International Year of Eco-tourism
2002	-	International Year of Mountains
2002	-	United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
2003	-	International Year of Freshwater
2003	-	European Disability Year
2004	-	International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
2004	-	International Year of Rice
2005	-	International Year for Sport and Physical Education
2005	-	International Year of Micro-credit
2005	-	World Year of Physics
2006	-	International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2007-08	-	Year of the Dolphin
2007	-	International Year of the Scout
2007-08	-	International Heliophysical Year
2008	-	International Year of Languages
2008	-	International Year of the Potato
2008	-	International Year of Sanitation
2008	-	International Year of the Frog
2009	-	International Year of Astronomy
2009	-	International Year of Natural Fibres
2009	-	International Year of Reconciliation
2009	-	Year of the Gorilla
2009	-	International Year of the Shark
2010	-	International Year of Communications
2010	-	International Year of Biodiversity
2010	-	International Year of Youth
2011	-	International Year of Forests
2011	-	International Year of Chemistry
2011	-	International Year for People of African descent
2011	-	World Veterinary Year 2011

Important Decades

1976–1985	-	United Nations Decade for Women
1990s	-	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduc tion
1994–2004	-	First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
1997–2006	-	First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2000–2010	-	Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2000-2010	-	Bone and Joint Decade
2001–2010	-	International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
2001-2010	-	Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
2003–2012	-	United Nations Literacy Decade
2005–2014	-	United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development
2005–2014	-	Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
2005–2015	-	Water for Life Decade

Important Days of International Observance

JANUARY 3rd Sunday of January	-	World Religion Day
January 01	-	Global Family Day
January 01	-	World Day of Peace
January 04	-	World Hypnotism Day
January 06	-	World day for War orphans
January 24	-	National girl child day of India
January 27	-	International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28	-	Data Protection Day
January 29 FEBRUARY	-	World Leprosy Day
February 02	-	World Wetlands Day
February 04	-	World Cancer Day
February 06	-	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
February 11	-	World Day of the Sick
February 14	-	Valentines Day
February 20	-	World Day of Social Justice
February 21	-	International Mother Language Day
February 22 MARCH	-	International Scouts Day
March 06	-	Dentist's Day
March 08	-	United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
March 08	-	International Women's Day
March 14	-	International Day of Action for Rivers
March 15	-	World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
March 15	-	World Consumer Rights Day
March 20	-	World Day of Theater for Children and Young People
March 21	-	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21	-	World Poetry Day
March 22	-	World Day for Water
March 23	-	World Meteorological Day
March 24	-	International Day for Achievers
March 24	-	World Tuberculosis Day
March 25	-	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27 APRIL	-	World Theater Day
April 02	-	World Autism Awareness Day
April 04	-	International Day for Mine Awareness
April 07	-	World Health Day
April 14	-	Cultural Unity Day, recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal.
April 16	-	World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
April 17	-	World Hemophilia Day
April 21	-	World Creativity and Innovation Day
April 22	-	Earth Day
April 23	-	World Book and Copyright Day
April 24	-	World Day for Laboratory Animals
April 25	-	World Malaria Day
April 26	-	World Intellectual Property Day
April 28	-	International Workers' Memorial Day
April 29 MAY	-	World Dance Day
1st Tuesday of May	-	World Asthma Day
2nd Saturday of May	-	World Fair Trade Day
2nd Sunday of May	-	International Mothers' Day
May 01	-	May Day : Labour Day
May 02	-	International Day of Deliberately Unemployed
May 03	-	World Press Freedom Day
May 04	-	International Firefighters' Day
May 05	-	International Midwives Day
May 06	-	International Awareness Day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta
May 07	-	Rabindranath Tagore's Anniversary Day
May 08	-	World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
May 12	-	International Nurses Day
May 15	-	International Day of Families
May 17	-	World Information Society Day
May 18	-	International Museum Day
May 19	-	World Hepatitis Day
May 21	-	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22	-	International Day for Biological Diversity
May 23	-	World Turtle Day
May 29	-	International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31 JUNE	-	World No Tobacco Day
June 01	-	International Children's Day
June 04	-	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 05	-	World Environment Day
June 08	-	World Brain Tumour Day
June 08	-	World Ocean Day
June 12	-	World Day Against Child Labour
June 14	-	World Blood Donor Day
June 17	-	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 18	-	International Picnic Day
June 19	-	World Sickle Cell Day
June 20	-	World Refugee Day
June 21	-	World Music Day
June 23	-	United Nations Public Service Day
June 26	-	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26	-	International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
3rd Sunday of June JULY	-	International Fathers' Day
1st Saturday of July	-	International Day of Cooperatives
July 01	-	Doctor's Day
July 01	-	Bidhan Chandra Roy Birth Day
July 01	-	International Reggae Day - Jamaica
July 07	-	International Cooperative Day
July 08	-	Writer's Day
July 11	-	World Population Day
July 23 AUGUST	-	World Stress Down Day
August 09	-	International Day of the World's Indigenous People
August 12	-	International Youth Day
August 13	-	International Left-handers Day
August 19	-	World Humanitarian Day
August 23 SEPTEMBER	-	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
September 08	-	International Literacy Day
September 10	-	World Suicide Prevention Day
September 11	-	World First Aid Day
September 15	-	International Day of Democracy
September 16	-	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
September 19	-	International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 21	-	International Day of Peace, recognized by the UN
September 21	-	World Alzheimer's Day
September 26	-	European Day of Languages
September 27	-	World Tourism Day
September 28	-	Right to Know Day
September 28 OCTOBER	-	World Rabies Day
1st Monday of October	-	World Habitat Day
2nd Wednesday of October	-	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
2nd Friday of October	-	World Egg Day
October 01	-	International Day of Older Persons
October 01	-	World Vegetarian Day
October 02	-	International Day of Non-Violence
October 03	-	World Smile Day
October 04	-	World Animal Day
October 05	-	World Teachers' Day
October 08	-	World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
October 08	-	World Humanitarian Action Day
October 09	-	World Post Day
October 09	-	Global Jamie Day
October 10	-	World Mental Health Day
October 10	-	World Day Against Death Penalty
October 14	-	World Standards Day
October 15	-	World Blind Day / World Sight Day
October 15	-	International Day of Rural Women
October 15	-	Global Handwashing Day
October 16	-	National Boss Day (Boss's Day)
October 16	-	World Food Day, recognized by the UN
October 17	-	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 20	-	International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
October 20	-	World Statistics Day
October 24	-	United Nations Day, recognized by the UN
October 24	-	World Development Information Day
October 27 NOVEMBER	-	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
3rd Sunday of November	-	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
November 01	-	World Vegan Day
November 06	-	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 09	-	World Freedom Day
November 10	-	World Immunization Day
November 14	-	World Diabetes Day
November 16	-	International Day for Tolerance
November 17	-	International Students Day
November 19	-	International Men's Day
November 19	-	World Toilet Day
November 20	-	Africa Industrialization Day
November 20	-	Universal Children's Day
November 21	-	World Hello Day
November 21	-	World Television Day
November 25	-	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 25	-	International Meatless Day
November 30 DECEMBER	-	Computer Security Day
December 01	-	World Aids Day
December 02	-	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 03	-	International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 05	-	International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 07	-	International Civil Aviation Day
December 09	-	The International Day against Corruption
December 10	-	Human Rights Day
December 11	-	International Mountain Day
December 16	-	International Hug a Recovered Invalid Day
December 17	-	International Rabbit's Day
December 18	-	International Migrants Day, recognized by the UN
December 19	-	United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
December 20	-	International Human Solidarity Day